Big names among those to rebook for Solar & Storage Live 2018
Established names in the solar industry such as Solar Edge, Wind & Sun and NEC are among those to have already rebooked for Solar & Storage Live 2018.
Articles tagged with: Utility Scale
Vattenfall reaches out to solar farm owners with battery model in co-location push
Electricity and heat generator and retailer Vattenfall is developing a third party model for energy storage deployment which will see the Swedish firm deploy batteries alongside UK solar farms.
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Renewables no longer the elephant in the room, but solar remains BEIS’ ugly duckling
Liam Stoker offers his opinion on a Clean Growth Strategy that embraced renewables and changed BEIS’ rhetoric for the better, but cast solar into the long grass once again.
National Infrastructure Commission calls for technology neutral auctions and price competition
All low carbon technologies should be able to access the same markets and compete on an equal basis for contracts according to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), whose latest policy consultation flies in the face of the government’s Clean Growth Strategy (CGS).
CBI adds to growing chorus of calls for technology-neutral CfDs
The Confederation of British Industry has added to the growing number of bodies, associations and other third parties to call for the inclusion of mature technologies in future auctions.
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How post-subsidy UK solar will benefit from next-generation PV modules
Ahead of next month’s PV ModuleTech conference in Kuala Lumpur, Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville examines the technology trends UK developers will have to get to grips with if they’re to take advantage of the post-subsidy environment in the UK.
Clean Growth Strategy: The green economy responds
This morning the government’s long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy was finally published to a mixed response from the renewables lobby. Here we have collated some of the leading commentary so far.
Solar made to wait for future direction as Clean Growth Strategy defers PV policy
The UK solar industry has been made to wait on future government action after the long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy deferred relevant decisions for the technology until later this year.
Solar contributes to second successive quarter of clean power surge
Solar power contributed 17% of total renewable energy generation in Q3 2017 totalling 3.2TWh, according to the latest report from energy monitoring firm EnAppSys.
Technology neutral auctions must be considered in cost of energy review, urges ERC
The UK Energy Research Centre (ERC) has urged Dieter Helm’s cost of energy review to consider the potential for technology-neutral auctions for the UK market.
First completed EFR project announced by E.On
E.On has become the first company to have secured an Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) contract last year to announce the completion of its project following the installation and connection of its 10MW battery at the Blackburn Meadows biomass plant last month.
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What we learned from Solar & Storage Live 2017
Last week’s Solar & Storage Live saw the UK’s entire supply chain descend on Birmingham’s NEC for three days of industry leading and thought provoking discussions, business brokering and a few celebrations here of there. Liam Stoker summarises some of the things we picked up from the show floor this year.
S&SL: Solar & Storage Today volume three now available to download
The third and final edition of Solar & Storage Today, the daily newspaper which runs parallell to Solar & Storage Live, is now available to download.
S&SL: Westech Solar banks on quality to ride UK market dip
Westech, the manufacturer of Perlight Solar modules, has successfully navigated changes in the UK market as customers place increasing emphasis on quality.
S&SL: More due diligence required in storage O&M, RES Group says
Both storage asset owners and companies setting up to provide O&M services for battery installations need to commit to higher levels of due diligence when selecting contractors according to RES Group’s head of solar and O&M.
Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 picture gallery
A collection of images from last night's Solar Power Portal Awards.
EvoEnergy wins big as Solarcentury chief scoops outstanding achievement award
Nottingham-based EvoEnergy was a major winner at last night’s Solar Power Portal Awards, being crowned 2017 Contractor of the Year as Solarcentury boss Frans van den Heuvel was recognised for his outstanding achievements in the solar sector.
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Solar & Storage Live day two wrap-up
S&SL: Raw material prices and currency fluctuations impacting storage market
Battery vendors are being hit by a combination of rising prices for raw materials and continuing currency uncertainty, resulting in rapidly changing costs for businesses according to Easystart.
S&SL: Growatt building storage installer base as it looks to drive UK market maturity
Chinese energy manufacturer Growatt is building up a base of accredited storage installers in the UK.
S&SL: UK solar defies the deployment figures as market primes for rebound
The UK solar industry has defied a period of low deployment in the UK and turned out in force at the Solar & Storage Live exhibition in Birmingham.
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Solar & Storage Live day one wrap-up
S&SL: Download Solar & Storage Today, volume one
lar & Storage Today, the daily newspaper which runs parallell to Solar & Storage Live, is now available to download.
Updated: Vattenfall praises good performance of co-located wind and solar energy park
Vattenfall has heralded the success of its first co-located solar and wind energy park around 18 months after the 4.99MW solar farm in south Wales was commissioned.
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Push Energy and PS Renewables announce O&M merger
Push Energy and PS Renewables have formally merged their UK-facing operations and maintenance (O&M) business units, creating a new joint venture dubbed PSH Operations.
Welsh first minister ‘can’t see a future for solar’ within Welsh renewable electricity target
Solar will not play a role in helping Wales meet its newly set target to generate 70% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, according to the first minister of Wales.
Engie races to complete 14.2MW NI solar farm
ENGIE Fabricom is aiming to complete a 14.2MW solar farm in Northern Ireland by February 2018 in one of the last projects to be built before the final deadline of the region’s Renewables Obligation a month later.
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Inside Clay Hill, the UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm
Liam Stoker reports from Clay Hill Solar Farm, the first solar project to be built in the UK without subsidy support, and discovers how the solar-plus-storage facility was energised.
UK developer Lightsource expands into Netherlands
Lightsource is set to expand into the Netherlands’ local energy market.